Business
Yokohama City is one of Japan’s first truly international cities, and has long been a prime choice for global companies choosing their business location in Japan.
Wondering what makes Yokohama City an great place to expand into when choosing your business location in Japan? Why you would choose Yokohama over someplace like Tokyo? Follow the links below to learn more about how the City of Yokohama can help your business and workers get the absolute most out of your expansion into Japan.
Highly Skilled Workforce:
Yokohama hosts a myriad of academic and R&D institutions that generate talent.
Innovative Culture:
Yokohama has an environment that nurtures new innovation and business ideas.
Business Districts & Cost:
Yokohama has nine unique business districts with easy access to transportation.
Business Support & Incentives:
Yokohama offers a range of incentives to companies expanding or relocating to the region.
Startup Directory:
Our partners at StartupBlink have a wealth of info, including an interactive map of Yokohama’s startups!
Major Industries:
These are some of Yokohama’s largest and most active sectors, including IT, Life Sciences, Mobility, and Advanced Manufacturing.
Resource Center:
Download brochures, various statistical data, company interviews, reports, and more.
More Reasons Why Yokohama
Don’t just take our word for it! Visit the links below for external articles about Yokohama, its atmosphere, and its potential as a business location in Japan.
- fDI Intelligence (2021) – “Yokohama eyes post-Covid change”
- Savills (2020) – “Yokohama makes a comeback”
- The Scots Magazine (2020) – “Scottish Startups Should Consider Yokohama – Sponsored”
- New York Times (2019) – “36 Hours in Yokohama”
- Euronews (2019) – “Yokohama: Japan’s harbour city”
- CBRE (2019) – “Japan’s Emerging R&D Hub Yokohama Minato Mirai”
- fDi Intelligence (2017) – “Yokohama sets the sustainable standard across Asia”
- The New York Jewish Travel Guide (2017) – “Discover the Beauty of Yokohama and the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery”
- The Business Times (2017) – “Yokohama: A showcase of sustainable city management”